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| Artist / Maker | Song Xu |
|---|---|
| Date | 1587 |
| Culture / Origin | China |
| Genre | landscape painting |
| Type | Painting |
| Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
About the Artist
Song Xu (宋旭, 1525–c. 1606), was a versatile Chinese painter active in northern Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. He was skilled in landscapes, boundary paintings (界畫, paintings of architecture), figure painting, and Buddhist painting. Although born a commoner, he also cultivated the literati arts of poetry and calligraphy. He studied Chan Buddhism and eventually became a Buddhist priest himself. Full biography →
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